Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers

Position and secure steel bars or mesh in concrete forms in order to reinforce concrete. Use a variety of fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, and hand tools.

Job Task

• Determines number, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions.
• Selects and places rods in forms, spacing and fastening them together, using wire and pliers.
• Bends steel rods with hand tools and rodbending machine.
• Cuts rods to required lengths, using hacksaw, bar cutters, or acetylene torch.
• Reinforces concrete with wire mesh.
• Welds reinforcing bars together, using arch-welding equipment.

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